Poisoning with mercuric chloride

Mercuric chloride poisoning in a 23 month old child.

Eye injury with mercuric chloride.

With the advent of modern ophthalmic treatment the use of mercury preparations in ophthalmology has almost been relegated to past history, but mercurous chloride (calomel) is still occasionally used as an insufflation into the eyes, especially in such conditions as phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis. Recently we saw a case wherein mercuric chloride (HgCl2) was mistaken for calomel and dusted int...

Growth of staphylococci on mercuric chloride agar.

Smith, P. B. (Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, Ga.). Growth of staphylococci on mercuric chloride agar. J. Bacteriol. 84:1016-1019. 1962.-An attempt has been made to corroborate a report that "epidemic" strains of staphylococci are more resistant to mercuric salts than are "nonepidemic" strains. A comparison of mercury resistance with coagulase production and phage type or pattern of 493 s...

Antioxidants inhibit mercuric chloride-induced early vasculitis.

In the Brown Norway (BN) rat, mercuric chloride (HgCl(2)) induces a T(h)2-dominated autoimmune syndrome which includes an early phase of mast cell-dependent vasculitis. We have shown in vitro that oxidative stress up-regulates IL-4 in mast cells and predisposes to degranulation. The aim of this study was to determine whether administration of antioxidants inhibits HgCl(2)-induced early vasculit...

Prenatal Mercuric Chloride Exposure Causes Developmental Deficits in Rat Cortex

Introduction: Environmental pollution with heavy metals such as mercury is a major health problem. Growing studies on the field have shown the deleterious effects of mercury on human and nonhuman nervous system, especially in infants, however the effects of prenatal exposure to mercuricchloride on cortical development are not yet well understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the eff...